Possible to overwrite OS with a back-up copy?

[ashwa]

I never did this b4 nor i have any idea if this work. pls tell me if this works or not..

right now i have 100% working OS with softwares n there updates. OS with software is in C: drive n nothing more in it. size is about 6.5GB.

say i have backed up the entire C: drive in DVD, n due to some reason i had to format my OS drive erasing all da softwares n updates.

if i install da OS again after formatting, is it possible dat i copy paste/overwrite the OS with the back up i made consisting of da installed softwares,updates.

will the running OS allow overwriting? or i'll i have to overwrite it in dos mode, n if in dos mode then what will be da commands for it.

gets fed up with installig softwares wasting time in updates...so was wondering if i can cut the installing n updating part as i have quite a lot softwares installed.


I use winxp pro as my OS.


thank u.

 

[zipperman]

Yes you need according to a Buddy of mine,
To do full backup of the C drive, you need a program like Norton Ghost v10.0

 

[ashwa]

Yes you need according to a Buddy of mine,
To do full backup of the C drive, you need a program like Norton Ghost v10.0

taking back-up is fine but can i overwrite it n get my pc working the same as it was b4 formatting?

 

[Tedster]

any good cloning software can do this. There are many. Ghost, Acronis, X-copy, etc...